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Tom Ford Steps Down as CFDA Chair

CEO Steven Kolb will serve as interim chair until the organisation names its next chairperson in the fall.

Joan Kennedy

16 May 2022

Tom Ford’s three-year tenure as chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) will end on May 31, the organisation announced Monday. CFDA chief executive Steven Kolb will serve as interim chair until the organisation names its next chairperson, with the announcement set to be made this fall. The new chairperson will take the reins at the start of the CFDA’s fiscal calendar in January 2023.

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